Treat me like a fool.

[Natsteveo]

Does anyone else’s family and friends treat you like your a idiot because mine does I’ve had a mental illness since the year 2000 and the last few years people will give me crap and when I fly off the handle they say “oh you’re not thinking straight it’s only cuz your mentally ill you see things differently to us????? I can’t bare this treatment I really can’t just feel like I’m gonna lose my cool I’m sick and tired of it .. for instance

A friend I’ve known for 15 years in friended me on Facebook didn’t make much of it so just inbox them to see if they ok and said hope I’ve not upset you for any reason.. so mentioned it to my daughter she said “why you kicking up over it” I hadn’t kicked off about it not to my knowledge then she said you will only make something of nothing so I was deep thinking then wondering if I did say anything that was out of context but seemed completely civil to me I didn’t say anything that was out of place and my mind was doing overtime then I thought why did my daughter

Say that which did really bother me so when I spoke to her she said cuz I’m mentally ill I always go overboard this has proper upset me as I think I’m quite laid back i feel she uses my mental health as something to blame me for every time I hate saying this as I love my daughter for her to say this breaks my heart cuz I know I don’t but feel she’s playing mind games with me and it’s cruel.. does anyone understand where I’m coming from

[mydog56]

i have been there before, and i am still dealing with it everywhere, listen your not alone, cause when ever we see some friends and family making fun of us, or just friends, we have to know that we are strong and smart , and they still have to learn so listen to me when ever they do that say stop, and tell some one ,

[Natsteveo in reply to mydog56]

So true just feel people use my illness to pick arguements with me sometimes it’s hard to explain

[mydog56 in reply to Natsteveo]

yeah i feel you, sometimes they all argue us for no stuff what so ever you know and they should know that your smart and brave and your not something to do yelling at , we know for some stuff that we can deal with others and others do not know us well,

[Itzallgood1]

Yeah Depends on how old your daughter is. There are certain age they respond differently.

[Natsteveo in reply to Itzallgood1]

She’s 25

[Itzallgood1 in reply to Natsteveo]

She should be more mature than that. I guess she "assumes" you did say something. I get the same response from some of my relatives but yet they call me gentle ol soul to others but to my face cut me down. You did nothing wrong that I could see but it's weird how other people see us differently.

[mydog56 in reply to Itzallgood1]

i think doughter's are diffrent ,

[Itzallgood1]

Mine's 42. Past the know it all stage.

[mydog56 in reply to Itzallgood1]

true

[mydog56 in reply to Itzallgood1]

i know others too , mostly we all know better ,

[Roxylox]

I understand oh so perfectly where you're coming from.l get treated like that all the time by family, even my son and daughters. I just know they are thinking, Oh silly old Mom is at it again - over-analyzing and over thinking

Like you I think I'm quite laid back and logical. Most of the time my husband is pretty good but sometimes he can wrongly bring up Mental health too.

I don't think I have ever posted on this forum before. Am usually mostly on Anxiety and Depression, before that Positive Wellbeing during Lockdown

I didn't want to show my low spirits on my usual forum.

Am usually full of hope. Today am not feeling good or hopeful. A close knit family occasion recently brought home to me how little I can really rely on family members I thought I could trust. Though I tried to look happy, I felt like a pariah most of the weekend - the odd one , the one nobody really wanted to talk to but had too.

I now realise I can't confide many true thoughts to them, I'm disregarded, seen as defective - definitely.

It frightens me, and I think my husband too that we really only have each other.

Sorry for going on and on, and I know I haven' t been a help, only offloaded more onto you perhaps. It's just your post here related to how I feel right now.

[nkotbjoeymc]

Yes.

Alway’s Get Treated Like A Fool.

[ciley]

they are the fools~

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